2021年公共英语等级（PETS）考试四级模拟试卷

1、公共英语等级（PETS）考试四级模拟试卷 read the following text. choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and _rk a, b, c, and d on answer sheet 1. the loudest outcry about poverty seemed to e in the wealthiest country by far in the world. aording to most calculations, 21 most of the 1945-1970 period the united

2、 states had a standard of living well 22 europes and _ny times above the world 23 . yet 24 about grinding poverty, hunger, and dreadful need pre _de more from the united states than from countries with one-fortieth of their living standard. an annual per capita ine of eight dollars is 25 of much of

3、africa and asia and not a little of south america. it would seem strange to these people 26 they only aware of the fact that american radicals de _nd a 27 from an american 28 to the far corners of the globe so that the money thus saved can be spent raising the standard of living of 29 americans. wha

4、t this last point suggests is not so much that hu _n 30 are never to be satisfied though this is doubtlessly true, and the american suburbanite 31 of his second car and his color tv suffers just as 32 as an african farmer in need of a second cow and a screen door. rather, it suggests the 33 of conte

5、mporary breach of social 34 the e _ncipation of the individual self. people have learned to consider any 35 to personal fulfillment an 36 insult. they have greatly expanded the circle of self-awareness. they no longer aept sharp limitations on individual desires in the 37 of the group. the amount of

6、 potential hu _n discontent has always been 38 - misery, failure, misfitting, bitterness, hatred, envy 39 _ing. it has usually failed of 40 , and in the past it was aepted passively as being beyond help. 21、 a. until b. through c. in d. onto （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b 22、 a. over b. above c. against d. belo

7、w （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b 23、 a. average b. mon c. mean d. ordinary （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a 24、a. storms b. rage c. protests d. fury （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c 25、 a. now that b. regardless c. ignorant d. typical （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d 26、 a. was b. being c. were d. to be （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c 27、a. retreat b. promise c. re

8、straint d. detachment （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a 28、a. confinement b. mitment c. plement d. con _alment （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b 29、a. underprivileged b. misguided c. underlined d. overjoyed （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a 30、 a. anticipations b. shelters c. shortages d. wants （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d 31、a. informed b. deprived c.

9、ensured d. relieved （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b 32、a. acutely b. abnor _lly c. aggressively d. initially （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】a 33、 a. _rgin b. scope c. range d. extent （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】d 34、 a. liberties b. norms c. institutions d. practi _s （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】b 35、a. aess b. ex _ption c. obstacle d. approach （本题分值：0.5分）【正确答案】c 36、a. inprehensible